We recently came across this wonderful photo and blog post about Winston Churchill and a couple of his favourite habits, namely cigars and the unmistakable smoked black tea called Lapsang Souchong. Continue reading Smoke on the Water

A Conservative prime minister is urged to nationalise a troubled enterprise. The government is accused of taking its eye off the ball at a time of national crisis (what crisis?). Oh, and there’s a referendum on the UK’s relationship with Europe… Continue reading A Strange Echo – Drinking Tea by Candlelight

One of our new suppliers from last year was a small natural tea grower’s initiative founded in 2015 which trains, supports and promotes marginalized tea farmers across Assam and Darjeeling. Continue reading New Autumn Arrivals

We are happy to have received 4 new Organic teas to start off 2019. These were purchased from Zuxiang Organic Tea Garden, a new supplier for us, located in the south west of Yunnan province: Zhengwan village, Nanping town, Pu’er city. Continue reading New Teas From Zuxiang

One of our most interesting new arrivals in 2018 was this single trunk, or Dan Cong, black tea from the Phoenix mountains of Guangdong Province (China).

We had heard about these teas over the last year or two…rumours of unique flavours and remarkable aromas derived from volcanic soil and high altitude moss and lichen…and were very interested in giving one a try. We were definitely not disappointed! Continue reading Dan Cong Black Single Trunk

Many of you will know Admiral Grey and the associated teas that Tea Trader supplies. The original tea was launched in 1995 and Eight Bells, Taeping and Cedarberg Sunrise followed. At that time one of our earliest customers, Bob Newell, developed stories around this intriguing figure. Continue reading Tea Trader Says – Welcome to Admiral Grey!

This website has been a long time coming! Tea Trader was one of the first couple of businesses on the internet, the domain was registered in early 1995, we were frequent contributors to rec.food.drink.tea in those early days. In the beginning of this century we even had an early shopping cart! This lapsed after a few years and we’re glad to say it is now back. Continue reading Tea Trader Says – Welcome to Mr Maxey’s Tea!